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There’s a whole sub-genre of books called “Rural Romance,” and we talk to one of our favorite authors.

Call it the new homesteading: two classically trained chefs built their gelato production facility right on a California dairy farm.

Dear Modern Farmer: I just moved on to a two-acre property, and I want to grow. But how do I tell if I’ve got good soil or not?

While it may seem as if most of Boston's rooftops are solely reserved for illegal barbecuing and debauchery in the summer months, one roof and two environmental scientists with dee...

The Japanese know a good thing when they see it. Since ancient times, food foragers in the southern Japanese islands gathered a particular woodland plant for food and medicine known for its regenerative properties.

The ‘Monsanto Protection Act’ has sparked protests from both the far right and the far left since it was revealed last month. We’ve compiled a timeline.

Sisters Lucy and Emma Reeves, born and raised on English country farms, started a dating website for ‘anybody who doesn’t mind a bit of mud.’

Want to enrage a soil scientist? Call it “dirt.”

Farming is incredibly difficult and often dangerous work. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, close to 500 farmers and farmworkers lost their lives in 2010...